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Copyright © Sally Armstrong, 2008
Quotation from Dale Spender’s For the Record: The Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge
(London: Women’s Press, 1985) used with permission.
Manouchehr Sadat Noury translation of Rabbia Balkhi’s poem “Love” used with permission.
Quotation from Safia Siddiqi’s poetry used with permission.
Permission given by Jill Frayne to quote her mother, June Callwood’s admonition, “If you see
an injustice being committed, you’re not an observer, you’re a participant.”
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Bitter roots, tender shoots : the uncertain fate of Afghanistan’s women / Sally
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Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-14-316998-7
1. Women—Afghanistan—Social conditions—21st century. 2. Women—
Afghanistan. 3. Women—Legal status, laws, etc.—Afghanistan. I. Title.
HQ1735.6.A744 2009 305.4209581’090511 C2009-904641-5
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